UDC Law alumnus helps broker LDS/NAACP cooperation
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CLARKE SCHOOL OF LAW — The Deseret News (Utah) featured a story about the role that UDC Law alumnus Wilbur Colom ’76 played in brokering an historic rapprochement between the NAACP and the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints — whose views on race have evolved dramatically in recent years.
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UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON — Dayton Law alumna Brittany Holzer ’13 is a dedicated fan of everything Pittsburgh, but she knew she had to leave town in order to fulfill her dream of becoming a lawyer. Now Holzer works at Tucker Arensberg in downtown Pittsburgh and launched a networking group called PGH Women Connecting Women.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL — Chicago Law alumna Jeanne Cohn-Connor ’84 addressed the annual Stout Luncheon on how women lawyers can drive change. As a partner at the Washington D.C. office of Kirkland & Ellis, Cohn-Connor has distinguished herself as go-to counsel on the environmental aspects of massive transactional and Chapter 11 restructuring cases.
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STANFORD LAWYER — For Stanford Law alumna Christy Haubegger, diversity has been her life’s work. As the the founder and publisher of Latina magazine, then as a producer of films including Spanglish, and now as a talent agent at legendary Creative Artists Agency, Haubegger has focused on the untold stories of women and people of color.
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LAW.COM — Legal education company PracticePro, founded by a Big Law ex-pat, is trying to reduce uncertainty for diverse law students. The organization is partnering with law firms and in-house departments for its 1L Diversity Scholar Program, a mentorship program intended to develop diverse legal talent beginning.
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LAW.COM — The wave of minority women taking the helm at law schools is gaining momentum. Two law schools in the past week have named black women as dean. Stetson University College of Law has tapped Michele Alexandre, the first African-American to fill that role.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — American University Washington College of Law’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) was awarded 2019 Chapter of the Year by the Mid-Atlantic Black Law Student Association (“MABLSA”).
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OLE MISS LAW — Terrence Hunter’s goal is to help disadvantaged African Americans and their communities. His passion for civil rights was the driving force behind his decision to attend law school.
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INDIANA UNIVERSITY MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — IU McKinney Law presents this history of its first African-American female graduate, Harriette Vesta Bailey Conn, ’55. Conn had a storied career as an attorney in the state government of Indiana. On May 1, 1970, Conn was appointed State Public Defender by the Supreme Court of Indiana, a…
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INDIANA UNIVERSITY MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — IU McKinney Law alumnus Mauricio Videla, ’12, was chosen by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession to take part in the 2018 Collaborative Bar Leadership Academy. The event will take place June 24-26 at the law firm of Greenburg Traurig in Miami.
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